An introduction to applied and environmental geophysics / Введение в прикладную и экологическую геофизику

In the broadest sense, the science of geophysics is the application of physics to investigations of the Earth,Moon and planets.The subject is thus related to astronomy. Normally, however, the definition of ‘geophysics’ is used in a more restricted way, being applied solely to theEarth. Even then, the termincludes such subjects asmeteorology and ionospheric physics, and other aspects of atmospheric sciences.
To avoid confusion, the use of physics to study the interior of the Earth, from land surface to the inner core, is known as solid earth geophysics. This can be subdivided further into global geophysics, or alternatively pure geophysics, which is the study of the whole or substantial parts of the planet, and applied geophysics, which is concerned with investigating the Earth’s crust and near-surface to achieve a practical and, more often than not, an economic aim. <...>